Sarah, Duchess of York, or Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, has been talking about her weight issues to the New York Post. The former royal, who still can call herself Sarah, Duchess of York although she is not The Duchess of York (British regal rules are confusing), said her mother used to call her fat as a child, and this lead the impressionable child to find sanctuary in comfort eating, creating a wicked cycle. Sarah, looking trim and healthy at a recent NY book signing in our pictures, was 220 pounds at her heaviest. However, at the age of 48, she now weighs 140 pounds and feels much more comfortable in her own skin than she did at earlier stages of her life.

The former wife of Prince Andrew also went on to say how the USA saved her, after the UK press became hostile to her after her divorce in 1996. Ferguson said: "The American people saved my life. I love America. I had an apartment here but gave it up. I can't afford it. See, I must earn my own keep. The Royal Family supports my daughters, Beatrice and Eugenia - but me, not".